US4553730A - Ram-type blowout preventer and packer therefor - Google Patents

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US4553730A
US4553730A US06/523,421 US52342183A US4553730A US 4553730 A US4553730 A US 4553730A US 52342183 A US52342183 A US 52342183A US 4553730 A US4553730 A US 4553730A
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/02—Surface sealing or packing
    • E21B33/03—Well heads; Setting-up thereof
    • E21B33/06—Blow-out preventers, i.e. apparatus closing around a drill pipe, e.g. annular blow-out preventers
    • E21B33/061—Ram-type blow-out preventers, e.g. with pivoting rams
    • E21B33/062—Ram-type blow-out preventers, e.g. with pivoting rams with sliding rams

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  • Blowout preventers are used to maintain control of wells during drilling.
  • Ram-type blowout preventers are used to close on the drill or pipe string to contain pressure in the well. At times it is necessary to strip the string through the closed rams. This stripping movement can severely wear or abrade the face of the resilient packer.
  • Another reason that the packers of ram-type blowout preventers are subject to wear is that to provide a seal they must move into tight engagement with the irregular surface of the string when closed and such ability causes the packers to be subject to extrusion. The design of ram packers is thus a compromise to provide the needed feed or available movement of the material with the maximum abrasion and extrusion resistance.
  • the present invention relates to an improved ram-type blowout preventer with an improved ram front packing.
  • the blowout preventer includes a housing having a bore therethrough with opposed, aligned guideways extending outward from the bore, a ram in each of said guideways, means for moving the rams inward and outward in the guideways, a packer in each of said rams, each packer including an upper plate, a lower plate, resilient packing between the plates and a wear resistant cloth embedded in the packing immediately under the face of the upper plate.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved blowout preventer which has an extended life when used in stripping service.
  • Another object is to provide an improved blowout preventer which maintains its seal when closed even after many closing cycles and under conditions of high abrasion and extrusion.
  • a further object is to provide an improved front packer for a blowout preventer which can withstand extreme wear conditions over long periods of time while maintaining the seal in closed position.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the improved blowout preventer of the present invention with one side thereof shown in section to illustrate the improved packer.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the improved packer of the present invention showing the reinforcing material in the packing in dashed lines.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the packer taken along line 3--in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of ram including an improved packer of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the modified ram taken along line 5--5 in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a front elevation view of the packer in the modified ram shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the ram of the present invention as shown in FIG. 1 but enlarged.
  • Improved blowout preventer 10 is a ram-type preventer including housing 12 with vertical bore 14 therethrough and aligned ram guideways 16 extending outward through housing 12 from opposite sides of bore 14.
  • One of rams 18 is positioned in each of guideways 16 and each ram 18 includes means 20, such as a piston (not shown), connected to ram 18 by actuator connecting rod 22 for moving rams 18 inward and outward in guideways 16 to close or open bore 14. While only one guideway 16 and one ram 18 are shown it is understood that there are two opposed guideways 16 and a ram in each guideway.
  • Ram top seal 24 extends across the top of each ram 18 in groove 26 to provide a seal between ram 18 the interior of guideway 16 and coacts with ram packer 28 to retain well pressure below rams 18 when rams 18 are closed.
  • improved ram packer 28 includes upper plate 30, lower plate 32 with resilient packing 34 therebetween.
  • Plates 30 and 32 are elongated with outer portions 36 and 38 and central portion 40.
  • Outer portions 36 and 38 are rectangular in shape and central portion 40 includes face recess 42 and rear projection 44.
  • Pins 46 extend through packing 34 and connect between plates 30 and 32 with locking lugs 48 extending to the rear of packer 28 and are used to secure packer 28 within the recess on the front of rams 18.
  • Embedded in resilient packing 34 immediately below upper plate 30 is a layer of non-metallic reinforcing material 50. It is preferred that the layer of material 50 extend from the front to the rear of packing 34 and completely across central portion 40 and into side portions 36 and 38 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • Material 50 is preferred to be a woven fabric of aramid fibers (or filaments) such as the materials marketed by E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc. under the trademarks "Kevlar” and "Nomex".
  • aramid fibers or filaments
  • the fabric layers are first impregnated with uncured rubber stock of the compound having the desired properties.
  • the fabric layers are then stacked to obtain the desired thickness, which is preferred to be such that the thickness "F" of the fabric is about 28 percent of the combined thickness "T” of the fabric and elastomer.
  • the uncured rubber impregnated into the fabric has enough adhesive quality to allow the fabric to be held against plate 30 by a small amount of cold pressing.
  • Plate 30, with fabric material 50 adhereing thereto, pins 46 and plate 32 are all placed in a suitable mold whereupon the uncured rubber is injected into the mold and then vulcanized.
  • fabric material 50 may be of woven fiberglass, polyester, nylon, or carbon fibers depending upon the anticipated service.
  • the improved packers of the present invention have been tested by closing with a drill string running through the recesses and simulated well pressure beneath the rams and reciprocating the drill string back and forth through the closed rams many cycles. Such tests were designed to simulate actual field usage of the improved packer and blowout preventer of the present invention and they showed a completely unexpected improvement in the life of the packer which lasted as long as ten times the life of a typical prior art packer. In one test the packer after having run through 5,000 cycles continued to maintain its seal and when removed was found to have its resilient packing material to have worn completely through to the rear of the packer in the area of the rear projection 44. The opening was such that a large coin could be easily passed therethrough.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 Another embodiment of the improved ram of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 wherein ram 52 includes ram body 54 having slot 56 in its rear surface for connection to an actuator connecting rod (not shown), resilient packer 58 and packer holder 60 which is positioned in recess 62 on the face of ram body 54 and is movable a short distance with respect to ram body 54 to energize ram top seal 68 and ram bottom seal 70.
  • Resilient packer 58 includes face portion 64 positioned in face recess 66 in the front of packer holder 60 and upper and lower seal strips 68 and 70 integral with face portion 64 and positioned in the spaces between ram body 54 and packer holder 60 to provide a complete seal around the ram 52 and across its face.
  • Face portion 64 of packer 58 includes resilient material strip 72 with upper plate 74 and lower plate 76 embedded therein. Also fabric 78 in a plurality of layers is embedded in strip 72 both adjacent the underside of upper plate 74 and the upper side of lower plate 76 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. Fabric 78 is the same fabric as described above with reference to fabric material 50 of the preferred embodiment.

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US06/523,421 US4553730A (en) 1983-08-16 1983-08-16 Ram-type blowout preventer and packer therefor
AT84305495T ATE44798T1 (de) 1983-08-16 1984-08-13 Backenpreventer und dichtungsgarnitur dafuer.
DE8484305495T DE3479046D1 (en) 1983-08-16 1984-08-13 Ram-type blowout preventer and packer therefor
EP84305495A EP0134710B1 (en) 1983-08-16 1984-08-13 Ram-type blowout preventer and packer therefor
CA000461053A CA1211044A (en) 1983-08-16 1984-08-15 Ram-type blowout preventer and packer therefor
MX202395A MX160424A (es) 1983-08-16 1984-08-15 Obturador mejorado de evitador de explosion de tipo ariete
AR84297595A AR246996A1 (es) 1983-08-16 1984-08-15 Preventor de surgencia de tipo esclusa.
NO843249A NO164120C (no) 1983-08-16 1984-08-15 Utblaasningssikring av avstengertypen.
JP59170983A JPS60148988A (ja) 1983-08-16 1984-08-16 ラム型ブロ−アウト防止装置とパツカ−

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